First to file : patents for today's scientist and engineer / M. Henry Heines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heines, M. Henry, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patent laws and legislation--United States.

Patent laws and legislation.

United States.

Patent practice--United States.

Patent practice.

Physical Description:

xix, 196 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2014]

Summary:

Inventors are understandably baffled by the complexity of the patent system, and often need more than simply engaging the services of a patent attorney to secure meaningful and defensible patent protection. While the services of a patent attorney remain critical, inventors can also benefit from a knowledge of the fundamentals of the patent system before speaking to an attorney, and many will find that they can work more successfully with their patent attorney if they have a familiarity with these fundamentals. This book: Lays out the new features of patent law introduced by the America Invents Act of 2012, Is directed specifically at scientists and engineers rather than patent professionals, and sets forth the features of the law in lay terms with practical examples, Explains the differences between the first-to-invent and first-to-file rules and why the two rules will coexist, Sets out the changes in determinations of patentable novelty under the new law, Focuses on the growth of new technologies in industry versus the laws protecting them, This book bridges the gap between the realistic needs and question of scientists and engineers and the legal skills of professionals in the patent field, by expressing the fundamentals of patent law for those with no legal training and doing so in sufficient detail to be a useful resource rather than a mere introduction to the field. Book jacket.

Contents:

The first-to-file rule: evolution and application

Prior art before and after the AIA : two standards compared

Creating one's own prior art : self-imposed barriers to patentability

Cancelling prior art and other benefits of record keeping

Inventing in an employment environment : the aia's new recognition of employer interests and project management

The novelty threshold : can you recognize it when you see it?

Confronting the prior art : what makes an invention nonobvious?

The view from the infringer's side : challenging a patent's validity

Patent eligibility : pushing the envelope on subject matter appropriate for patenting

Selected topics in patent strategy.

Notes:

"A Joint Publication of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and John Wiley & Sons, Inc."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Heines, M. Henry, 1945- author. First to file

ISBN:

9781118839652

111883965X

OCLC:

879983380